H-Gemcitabine: A new gemcitabine prodrug for treating cancer

Madhuri Dasari; Abhinav P. Acharya; Dongin Kim; Seungjun Lee; Sungmun Lee; Jeanne Rhea; Ross Molinaro; Niren Murthy

doi:10.1021/bc300095m

H-Gemcitabine: A new gemcitabine prodrug for treating cancer

Madhuri Dasari, Abhinav P. Acharya, Dongin Kim, Seungjun Lee, Sungmun Lee, Jeanne Rhea, Ross Molinaro, Niren Murthy

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In this report, we present a new strategy for targeting chemotherapeutics to tumors, based on targeting extracellular DNA. A gemcitabine prodrug was synthesized, termed H-gemcitabine, which is composed of Hoechst conjugated to gemcitabine. H-gemcitabine has low toxicity because it is membrane-impermeable; however, it still has high tumor efficacy because of its ability to target gemcitabine to E-DNA in tumors. We demonstrate here that H-gemcitabine has a wider therapeutic window than free gemcitabine.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	4-8
Number of pages	5
Journal	Bioconjugate Chemistry
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/bc300095m
State	Published - 16 Jan 2013

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